Gaelic Place Names in the Glens of
Antrim.

Achadh buidhe
Aghaboy
Yellow field.

Achadh fhiacha
Aghacha
Field of the ravens. (Local
authority — ravens still
visit here.)

Eagan garbh
Agangarive (M.)
Rough bottom.

Abh ciar
Acre (R.)
Dark brown river.

Achadh leice
Aghaleck
Field of the flagstone.

Achadh ladhair
Aghalure
Field of the river branch
(fork of river).

Achadh chumha
Achachu
Field of loneliness.

Alt a míodúin
Altaveedan
The height of the meadow.

Alt beag
Altbeg
Little height.

Alt dorcha
Altdoragha
Dark close ravine.

Alt mór
Altmore
Large

Ard na linn
Ardnalinn
The height of the pools.

Ard cillín eis
Ardclinis
The height of the little
church of the cascade.

Ard achadh cuain
Ardicoan
The high field of the curve.

Ard achadh
Ardagh
The high field.

Ard na siogh
Ardnasha
The fairy height.

Alt
Ault
The eminence or height.

Aon druim
Antrim
The one ridge.

Airtear-Mag
Armoy
The eastern plain.

Ail crosach
Alcrossagh
The streaked cliff.

Achadh na olna
Aghnaholla
The field of the wool.

Achadh na saileach
Aghnasillagh
The field of the sallows.

Achadh gais
Aghagash
The field of stalk.

Achadh lom
Aghalum
The bare field.

Uaghan
Aghan (M.)
The little cave.

At-leas-teineadh
Alistena
The ford of the fort of fire.

Alt achadh cuain
Altacuan
The high field of the bend.

Alt an ghabhair
Altagore
The glenside of the goat.

Ath rait mhéalai
Achraveelie
The ford of the fort of grief.

Baile 'n dtáimh
Ballandam
The town of the plague.
(Local tradition of plague here.)

Baile áir
Ballaur
Town of slaughter (by local
tradition).

Baile uisce
Ballisky
Watertown.

Baile eagan
Ballyagan
The bottom town.

Baile breac
Ballybrack
The speckled town.

Baile charraigh
Ballycary
The town of the weir.

Baile caiseil
Ballycastle
Castle-town.

Baile claidhe
Ballycleugh
The town of the fences.

Baile cuas
Ballycoose
The town of the hollows or
caves.

Baile durnain
Ballydurnian
The town of the boors or
churls.

Baile gile
Ballygelly
The town of brightness.
(white lime).

Baile greallac
Ballygriel
Muddy town (Rathlin).

Baile eadhmoinn
Ballyemon
Edward's town.

Baile fada
Ballyfad
Long term.

Baile geal
Ballygill
The bright town (Rathlin).

Baile h-aicid
Ballyhacket
The town of the disease.

Baile clochan
Ballycloghan
Stone-castle town.

Baile h-il beirt
Ballyhilbert
The town of many looms.

Baile thearmann
Ballyhuriman
Glebe-land town.

Baile méadhonach
Ballymena
Middle town.

Baile lóchan
Ballyloughan
The town of the chaff.

Baile mullach
Ballymullock
The town of the tops.

Baile na g-cloch
Ballynaglough
The town of the stones.

Baile na dtuagh
Ballymadoe
The town of the hatchets.

Baile na g-ceard
Ballynagard
The town to the artificers.

Baile na abhall
Ballynahavill
The town of the apples.

Baile na dtóchar
Ballynatocher
The town of the causeways.

Baile na meallach
Ballynamellagh
The town of the hillocks.

Baile na sgeithe
Ballanaskeagh
The town of the whitethorn.

Baile na mhearacáin
Ballynavargan
The town of the (fairy)
thimble.

Baile an luig
Ballinlig
The town of the hollow.

Baile iubhair
Ballure
Yew town.

Bárr mín
Barmeen
Smooth top.

Bárr na haille
Barrahilly
Top of the cliff.

Bárach
Barrach
Barach (a legendary hero).

Bárr na gaoithe
Barnagee
The top of the wind.

Bearnas
Barnish
Gap.

Na beithigh
Beaghs
The place of birches.

Beann bhán
Benbane
White-pointed hill.

Beann ghabhair
Bengore
The hill of the goat.

Beann mhór
Benmore
The large peak.

Bearrach
Berragh
Berrach (a witch).

Bárr árd
Berrard
The high top.

Buidhe eanach
Boyanagh
The yellow march.

Baile nuadh
Ballynoe
The new town (Rathlin).

Baile réidh
Ballyreagh
The level town.

Baile tírim
Ballyteerim
The dry town.

Baile tobair
Ballytober
The town of the well.

Baile an mhadadh
Ballyvaddy
The town of the dog.

Baile fola
Ballyveelagh
The town of the blood.

Baile mhuilinn
Ballywillin
The town of the mill.

Baile bheannachd
Ballyvenaght
The blessing town.

Baile 'n bheirtigh
Ballyverdagh
The town of the looms.

Baile buidhe
Ballyvoy
The yellow town.

Baile bhuaile
Ballyvooley
The town of the booley.

Baile feocan
Ballyucan
The town of the thistles.

Baile 'n túaith
Ballintoy
North town.

Brabarlach
Brablagh
The rubbish (land).

Breacnach
Brackney
Speckled (place).

Braghad
Braid
The gullet (neck).

Na Brollaigh
Brollaghs
The breasts.

Brugh mór
Broomore
The large mansion.

Brugh beag
Broombeg
The little mansion.

Bruighean
Breen
The fairy palace.

Bruach an druimín
Broughandrummin
The small border of the
little ridge.

Bruach an laoigh
Broughanlea
The border of the calf.

Bruach mór
Broughmore
The large brow or border.

Bruach Sheagháin
Broughshane
John's border.

Brocach
Brockaghs
Badger resort.

Bun na Mairge
Bunamargy
The foot of R. Mairge.

Bun na coillín
Bunageelin
The foot of the little wood.

Bun 'n bhothair
Bunavoir
The foot of the road.

Builg (point)
Bull (point)
Bellows (point) — Rathlin.

Bruach g-caman
Broughgammen
The border of the bends.

Bile
Billy
An ancient tree.

Baile muine
Ballymoney
The town of the shrubbery.

Baile (an) t-sagart
Ballytaggert
The town of the priest.

Baile liné
Ballylinney
The town of the Leinster-
man.

Cúil an bacaigh
Cullybackey
The recess of the cripple.

Carn Néill
Carneel
Neill's cairn (Local tradi-
tion.)

Carn albanach
Carnalbanagh
The cairn of the Scotchmen.

Na Cairn
Carns
Cairns (monumental piles
of stones).

Carnan mór
Carnanmore
The great cairn.

Carm caisil
Carncastle
Castle of the cairn.

Carn a haithche
Carnahagh
Cairn of the kiln.

Carn dubh
Carnduff
The black cairn.

Cúil léim
Calhame
The ridge of the leaps.

Ceapanach
Cappanagh
The little tillage plots.

Cóilleachnach
Callishnagh
(Old form spoken by people.)
A woody place.

Caislean Cába
Cape (castle)
Cabe's castle.

Carn an fheigh
Carnaneagh
The cairn of the deer.

Carn an locha
Carnalough
The cairn of the lake.

Carn aodha
Carnani
The cairn of Hugh.

Carn eanach
Carneanagh
The cairn of the marshes.

Carn feannog
Carnfonick
The cairn of the scald crow
(Joyce).

Carn sagairt
Carnsaggart
The cairn of the priest.

Corrac fiach
Carrafee
The bald wood.

Carr-ruibh
Carrive
The sulphur rock.

Carraigh
Cary
The rocky (place).

Carn na sruthan
Carnasheeran
(Old form with people.)
The cairn of the streams.

Carraig á roid
Carrickarede
The rock of the road.

Carraig Uisnigh
Carrickuisnagh
The rock of Uisnach.

Carn loch
Carnlough
The harbour cairn.

Ceathramhadh (Murcadha)
Carrowmurphy
Murphy's quarter.

Caiseal
Cashel
Stone fort where rent was
paid.

Casan báraigh
Cassanbarrow
The path of Barach.

Caisleán cairthe
Castlecarra
The castle of the pillar
stones. (Joyce, 1st S.,
p.330.)

Caisleán
Cashlan
The castle.

Caisleán carrach
Cashlancarragh
Rough-land castle.

Casn naoimh
Carnave
The cairn of the saint.

Carn ealta
Carneatly
The cairn of the flocks.

Carn liath
Carnlea
The grey cairn.

Carn moin
Carnmoon
The cairn of the bogs.

Claidhe
Claughy
The ditch.

Clar
Clare
The plain.

Claigeannach
Clegnagh
The hillocks like skulls.

Cloch an stúcain
Cloughastookan
The pinnacle stone.

Claidigh
Clady
The dirt of mire (ditch).

Ceathramhadh crainn
Carrowcrin
The quarter of the tree.

Cúil caorthainn
Coolkeeran
Corner of the rowantrees.

Cúil badhbhdhúin
Culbane
Cattle-enclosure corner.
(Joyce, 1st S., p 297. Close
to Lisandure Castle.)

Cluainte Fionáin
Clontyfinnan
The meadows of Funan.

Crucach ard
Crookachard
The high hill.

Cruach mór
Croaghmore
The large stack.

Carrach móna
Curramoney
The morass of the bog.

Carnán glas
Cairnanglass
The green carn.

Carn an léith-líos
Carnlelis
The cairn of the half fort.

Ceathramhadh croa
Carrowcroey
The quarter of the gallows.

Cloch cor
Cloughcorr
The round stone.

Cúl machaire
Coolmaghara
The back of the (plain) field.

Currac seascainn
Currysheskin
The quagmire of the marsh.

Carraig an leapthain
Craigalappan
The rock of the (bed) grave.

Carn crainn
Carnkirn
The carn of the quicken.

Carn aonaigh
Carneena
The carn of the fair (assem-
bly).

Ceathramhadh reidh
Carrowreagh
The mountain-plain quarter.

Cuasa
Cosies
Caves or coves.

Cabrach
Cabragh
Rough, bad land.

Cabhan mór
Cavanmore
The large, bare hill.

Clochar
Clocher
The stony land.

Cloch a' muilinn
Cloughamullan
The mill-stone

Clocha breaca
Cloughabracky
The speckled stones.

Clocha
Cloughs
Stones or boulders, or stone
castle .

Cloch cor
Cloughcor
Stone of the bends or hol-
lows.

Cloch biorra
Cloughberragh
The Biorra's stone.

Clochan (Mhuiridhigh)
Cloughanmurray
Murray's stepping-stones.

Cloch dúin Muirdhigh
Cloughduinmurry
Stone fort of Murrach's dun.

Cloch mór na
magadhlinn
Cloughmorenamagalin
The large stone of the
mocking (tittering).

Cloch a cuach
Cloughacooa
The stone of the hound.

Cloch ógain
Cloughogan
Ogan's stone.

Cloch ghlas
Cloughglass
The cold stone.

Na Cluainig
Cloney
The meadows.

Cladachan
Clyttehan
The muddy (place) ditches.

Corcach
Corkey
The swampy ground.

Cor-leathan
Corlean
Broad, round hill.

Cor-bhaile
Corvally
The round-hill town.

Coire bhrecain
Coire-brecain
Brecan's cauldron.

Cluain riabhach
Clonreagh
The brownish meadow.

Collan
Collan
The hazels.

Coill an mhullaigh
Cullavully
The wood of the summit.

Cor na meala
Cornamellagh
The round hill of the honey.

Cos ceap
Coskib
The foot of the tree trunk.

Cor na madadh
Cornamaddy
The round hill of the dogs.

Craig na téineadh
Caraigateinny
The rock of fire.

Creagan
Cragan
The little rock.

Creagach
Craigagh
The rocky (place).

Craig fada
Craigfad
The long rock.

Craig mulúrt
Craigwillord
The rock of the small boor-
trees.

Cloch nighné Ghobain
Cloughneeingoban
Castle of the daughter of
Goban.

Craig bán
Craigban
The white rock.

Craig na g-cat
Craignagat
The cat's rock.

Crannach
Crannagh
The place of trees.

Crannóg
Crannog
The little tree.

Crannog
Crannoge
Residence of wood (in arti-
ficial island).

Cor liath
Corlea
The grey round hill.

Craobh-bile
Crebilly
The spreading (branchy)
old tree.

Craobhach
Creeve
The branchy old tree.

Cruchán
Croaghan (M.)
The little stacked hill.

Crom leach
Cromleach
The sloping stone.

Croc an óir
Crockanore
The hill of the gold.

Cros críonn
Crosscrion
The withered or rotted cross.

Croc
Crook
The hill.

Croc an aoil
Cruckaneel
The hill of lime.

Croc na daoine
Crooknadwinny
The hill of the men.

Croc na croiche
Crucknacreighy
The gallows' hill.

Crocán (for Cnocan)
Cruckin
The little hill.

Cnoc an dubh
Cruckindoo
The black hill.

Cúil Feachtrainn
Culfeightrin
The recess of St. Feightrin.

Crois abhann dáil
Cushendall
The foot of the river Dal.

Cos abhann duine
Cushendun
The foot of the river Duine.

Cois abhann eilte
Cusheneilt
The stream side of the doe.

Cos leacaigh
Cushleake
The foot of the hill slope.
(Pronounced Cush-leak-ey
by natives).

Cúl an bhile
Culaveely
The corner of the tree.

Cúl an airgid
Culanarget
The corner of the silver.

Cúil biadhtach
Culbiddagh
The recess of the victualler.

Cúil rathaine
Culranny
The corner of the ferns.

Currach
Curragh
The marsh.

Croc na craoibhe
Crocknacreeva (M.)
The hill of the branchy tree.

Deisceart
Discart
The southern part.

Dún mallacht
Dunmallaght
The fort of the curses.

Dún uibhargan
Dunurgan
The fort of the yews.

Dún Taidhg
Duntague
The fort of Teague.

Druim mór
Dromore
The large ridge.

Na draoighin
Drains
The blackthorns.

Druimín
Dromain
The little ridge. (Joyce,
2nd S., page 24.)

Druim an dúin
Drumaduin
The ridge of the fort.

Druim an droichid
Drumadraid
The ridge of the bridge.

Druim an bhuaile
Drumavoley
The ridge of the booley.

Druim an mhuilinn
Drumawillin
The ridge of the mill.

Druim aonaígh
Drumeeny
The ridge of the assembly.

Druim idir gleann
Drumedergillan
The ridge between glens.

Druim fhasgaighe
Drumfasky
The ridge of protection.

Druim na cill
Drumnakeel
The ridge of the church.

Dún
Doon
The fort.

Dúnan
Doonan
The little fort.

Dún an aonaigh
Doonaneeny
The fort of the assembly.

Dún mór
Doonmore
The large fort.

Dún beag
Doonbeg
The small fort.

Dún Finn
Doonfin
The fort of Finn (Macbool).

Dúire
Doory
The watery place.

Daireach
Dairy or Darry
The oaky place.

Dún carbad
Duncarbit
The fort of the coaches.

Dún g-Calainn
Dungallon
Callan's fort.

Dún maol
Dunmall
The bald fort.

Dún raithne
Dunrainey
The ferny fort.

Druim na cor
Drumnacor
The ridge of the round hills.

Druim na croise
Drumnacross
The ridge of the cross.

Druim na greach
Drumnagreagh
The ridge of the mountain
flat.

Druim cró
Drumcrow
The ridge of the huts.

Druim na úamha
Drumnahoe
The ridge of the cave.

Druim fluich
Drumfluigh
The wet ridge.

Druim na smear
Drumnasmear
The ridge of the black-
berries.

Druim Sighle
Drumsheelagh
The ridge of Sighle.

Druim duilleach
Drumdallagh
The leafy ridge.

Druim bholcain
Drumbolcan
The ridge of Olcan.

Druim tulach
Drumtullagh
The little hill ridge.

Druim na gabála
Drumnagola
The ridge of the shoulders.

Druim beannachair
Drumbanagher
The ridge of the horns
(peaks).

Druim na foidhbhaidhe
Drumnafivey
The ridge of the wood.

Dún lis
Dunluce
(Kingly) fort of the lios.

Druim na gaisan
Drumnagessan
The ridge of the streams.

Dún laoich
Dunloy
The fort of the hero.

Eaglais
Eglish
The church.

Eilean an bhoith
Ellanabough
The cattle-shed island.

Eiscir
Escarr
The sandy, watery place.

Eiscireach
Eshery
The sandy ridge.

Ess na crúibe
Essnacrub
The horse-hoof waterfall.

Ess na larach
Essnalarach
The waterfall of the mares.

Eibhis
Evish
A mountain pasture.

Eibhis an cró
Evishacraw
The mountain pasture of
the hut.

Fál mic Crillighe
Falmacrilly
MacCrilly's hedge.

Fál na nglas
Falnaglass
The hedge of the streams.

Fálach bhuidhe
Fallowvee
The yellow hiding-place or
recess.

Fólach fhir liath
Fallinerlea
The grey man's hiding-place

Fál riasgain
Fallruskin
The hedge of the moor.

Feochaill
Faughil
The woods.

Fearann fhir liath
Farranerlea
The grey man's land.

Faithche
Feigh
The exercise green.

Feis teine
Feystown
The fire assembly.

Fearann Mhic Calainn
Farranmacallan
MacCallan's land.

Forrach
Foriff
The meeting-place (change
of ch to f. See Joyce, 1st S.,
page 50).

Corrections and additions are invited.

(To be continued.)